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    Prevalence and demographic factors of microbial agents isolated from intravenous catheters of hospitalized patients. Hipolito Unanue National Hospital. January-december 2015
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 1905-07-09) Achulla Ccoyllo, Carlos Alfredo; Champi Merino, Roky Govanni
    Objective: To determine the prevalence and demographic factors of microbial agents isolated from intravascular catheters of hospitalized patients at the National Hospital Hipólito Unanue, 2015. Method: A quantitative, descriptive, retrospective, observational, and cross-sectional study was conducted, analyzing a total of 573 intravascular catheter samples from January to December 2015. The samples were cultured using the semi-quantitative Maki technique on sheep blood agar for microbial isolation. Results: A total of 372 microbial agents were isolated, including 294 monomicrobial and 39 mixed cultures with 78 different agents. The most frequently isolated microorganisms were Staphylococcus coagulase-negative 61%, followed by Acinetobacter baumannii 9.7%, and Staphylococcus aureus 7.3%. The average age of the patients was 30.4 years. A frequency of 38.3% microbial isolation was found in children under 1 year, and 21.8% in the 51-70 age group. Males made up 59.7% and females 40.3%. Conclusion: The prevalence of microbial agents isolated from intravascular catheters was 58.1%. The predominant sex was male (59.7%), and the highest prevalence was observed in children under 1 year (38.3%).